The Relationship between Technical Translation Quality and Linguistic and Visual Intelligences

This study was an attempt to investigate whether there is any significant relationship between technical translation quality of senior English translation students and their levels of linguistic andvisual-spatial intelligences. To this end, two research questions along with the correspondinghypotheses were postulated. To scrutinize the research questions and hypotheses, 100 senior English translation students were selected from Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan and Sheikh BahaeiUniversity of Isfahan. A technical translation production test, taken from a user manual and multipleintelligences tests, was selected and conducted. The results revealed that the senior English translation students with high linguistic and visual-spatial intelligences were more proficient in translating technical texts. In addition, the findings manifested that there was a significant relationship between the students’ linguistic, visual-spatial intelligences level, and the quality of technical translation